Overseas Aid & Development Commission - P.2017/83
N.B. The policy letter was originally published on Monday 25th September 2017 however the incorrect version was submitted. The correct version has now been submitted and is available for download. Any previous versions of the policy letter should be discarded.
P 2017 83 P&RC Letter of Comment [490kb]
Amendment 1 - Funding Arrangements and Future Developments - Dep P Roffey & Dep P Ferbrache [319kb] Amendment 2 - Funding Arrangements and Future Developments - Dep L C Queripel & Dep J Mooney [230kb] Amendment 3 - Funding Arrangements and Future Developments - Dep L C Queripel & Dep J Mooney [232kb]
The States are asked to decide:-
Whether, after consideration of the Policy Letter entitled "Overseas Aid & Development Commission - Funding Arrangements and Future Developments" dated 25th September 2017, they are of the opinion:-
1. To agree that the Overseas Aid & Development Commission's budget allocations for Grant Aid and Disaster and Emergency Relief be treated as a single development aid budget and for the Commission to determine the proportion of its budget allocated across its core mandated functions;
2. To note the Overseas Aid & Development Commission's decision to progress, in close consultation with the Policy & Resources Committee (as "lead partner"), the initial exploratory discussions it has had regarding the possibility and feasibility of establishing a Guernsey Development Impact Fund;
3. To delegate authority to the Policy & Resources Committee to approve the investment of between £200,000 and £250,000 per annum of the Overseas Aid & Development Commission's budgets for 2018-2020 in the proposed Guernsey Development Impact Fund;
4. To note the Overseas Aid & Development Commission's ongoing commitment to ensure good governance in all areas of its mandate, and especially to ensure strict monitoring of all Grant Aid awards;
5. To note the measures the Overseas Aid & Development Commission has introduced to strengthen its compliance procedures in respect of preventing misuse of funds for money laundering or the funding of terrorism; and
6. To note the Overseas Aid & Development Commission's response to the States Resolutions of January 2012.
The above Propositions have been submitted to Her Majesty's Procureur for advice on any legal or constitutional implications in accordance with Rule 4(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the States of Deliberation and their Committees.
